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Launcher covers non-focused fullscreen window

Bug #1564666 reported by Tyler Schrock on 2016-03-31

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	unity (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

When an app is fullscreen on a monitor and you focus another app, the unity panel shows over the fullscreened app. This is annoying when using multiple monitors.

This is basically bug #748539, which was marked 'Fix Released' 3 years ago, but I can confirm this is currently an issue.

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Tyler Schrock (tschrock123) wrote on 2016-03-31:

Screenshot from 2016-03-31 19-38-24.png Edit (1.4 MiB, image/png)

affects:

ayatana-design → unity (Ubuntu)

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Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) wrote on 2016-04-01: Re: [Bug 1564666] [NEW] Launcher covers non-focused fullscreen window

I can confirm this and would +1 a fix even as an SRU.

Andrea Azzarone (azzar1) on 2016-04-05

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High

Andrea Azzarone (azzar1) on 2016-04-08

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Kavish (kavishdahekar) wrote on 2017-02-01:

I noticed something weird.
Enabling workspaces(System Settings -> Appearance -> Behaviour -> Enable Workspaces) seems to solve the issue.
I have a dual monitor setup and when on of them is playing a fullscreen video, I can do anything on the other monitor without the unity bar overlaying the video.

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groucho (grouchomarx-fr) wrote on 2017-02-16:

For me, nothing is wrong at the beginning of a new session, but the bug appears after I have achieved a drag and drop action (in nautilus or firefox) and stays until I restart the session.
If I don't do any drag and drop action, the launcher doesn't seem to show over fullscreen apps.

I also can confirm that enabling workspaces fixes the issue on my computer (laptop with an external monitor).